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Membership Levels & Images

Posted by Chairman, 25 January 2012 · 251 views

Membership Levels

I am currently in the process of reviewing all of the membership levels at GMIC and what each level will offer. This includes subscribing membership as well as the incremental membership based on participation in the community. This will include:
Changes in image uploads (detailed below)
Offering more incentives to...



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Event & Show Calendar

Posted by Chairman, 17 January 2012 · 152 views

I have upgraded and developed the Members Calendar to allow members to post any forthcoming events which may be of interest to collectors and members. This is to be used for promoting Events such as Collectors Fairs, Shows and Exhibitions. Anything is allowed as long as it is related to Militaria. Can members put as much detail in the event and start the...



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Classified Section & German Language Forum

Posted by Chairman, 30 December 2011 · 357 views

A couple of updates for the forum over the last few weeks:

The first is a New Classified for Sale Section. The old Sale Section is now closed and the new classified section is being tested. The main advertisements have to be listed in GBP Stirling Pounds but there is a section within the advert which allows sellers to advertise the sale in other currencies...



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Various 'Bugs' in the system

Posted by Chairman, 25 October 2011 · 43 views

I have been working with IPB to fix the following issues which have recently come to light:

Signatures not aligning properly within posts with images. I have rebuilt the skin and all is now fixed.

Blog images not showing in blog posts. This is still work in progress.

The following error was appearing if an URL was posted in a post or...



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Updated Chat Room

Posted by Chairman, 03 October 2011 · 27 views

The Chat room can now be accessed by all members from the Tab marked Chat on the index page. It also can be accessed by the redirect next to the lounge. When people are in the Chat room the tab on the index page will have a red box with a number in it indicating the number of members currently in the Chat Room. Also on the bottom of the index page under...



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The Nook. Chat Room

Posted by Chairman, 29 September 2011 · 52 views

I have just opened a Live Chat Room for all members. Access can be gained from the Tab marked 'Chat' on the Forum index page or from the redirect above the lounge.

There are limits to the amount of members that can use it at one time, but IF that because a regular issue, I can upgrade the licence to resolve that.

The usual rules around posting apply...



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Photographic Competition uses Collectors Gallery

Posted by Chairman, 17 September 2011 · 18 views

I have set up a gallery for members to post their competition entries for the 2011 GMIC Photographic Competition.

I have also placed a recent image gallery at the top of the index page to highlight new competition entries.

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Tags & Prefixes

Posted by Chairman, 09 September 2011 · 35 views

Many of you may have noticed the Tags box (and in some areas a prefix box) on the posting form which has replaced the sub title area. Sub Titles in topics are no longer supported and I therefore have added a Tags and Prefixes module. At the current time I am starting to test this within certain areas of the forum.

For members information this is work in...



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From: Blogs

Posted by Chairman, 06 September 2011 · 29 views

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wouldn't posting images in a personal blog undermine the dedicated forum threads

There is a way to promote blogs within forum topics so that if there is relevant information in a blog which might benefit that topic it can be linked. I am working on setting it up. I see the blogs as a more detailed and personalised method of publishing...



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Forum Home Page Changing

Posted by Chairman, 04 September 2011 · 30 views

I have been working this evening on bringing a new home page to GMIC. Essentially, in the not too distant future the home page of www.gmic.co.uk will change to a portal type page. The portal will have a selection of highlights displaying recent topics, blog pages,articles and links. The forum index page as you know it will still exist, but will be moved to...



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